Evipo042

Clematis

Variety Description

Variety used for comparison: 'Evipo024' (Boulevard Picardy)

Summary: The flower of 'Evipo042' is larger in diameter than that of 'Evipo024'. The sepal of 'Evipo042' is larger than the sepal of 'Evipo024'. When newly open, the inner side of the sepal of 'Evipo042' is dark violet with a violet central bar while that of 'Evipo024' is violet with a purple central bar. When fully open, the inner side of the sepal of 'Evipo042' is blue violet with a violet central bar while that of 'Evipo024' is violet with a purple central bar. The outer side of the sepal of 'Evipo042' is blue violet with a lighter blue violet central bar whereas that of 'Evipo024' is dark violet with purple at the margins and grey central bar. The filament of 'Evipo042' is purple while the filament of 'Evipo024' is near white.

Description:

PLANT: climbing, medium vigour, medium density of pubescence on young shoot

LEAF: mainly ternate type with some simple type
TERMINAL LEAFLET: ovate shape, acute apex, cuneate base, entire margin, no lobing, medium green on upper side, no variegation, weak rugosity on upper side

FLOWERING: begins early on both previous and current season's growth
FLOWER: solitary arrangement, upwards and outwards attitude, single type, rotate shape, cross-section in lateral view is flat to concave, absent or very weak fragrance
SEPAL: only six per flower, touching arrangement, elliptic shape, concave in cross-section, moderately reflexed along longitudinal axis, acute apex, base shape is type two, more than one colour on inner side; inner side is dark violet (more purple than RHS 83A) with violet (darker than RHS N81A) central bar when newly open, blue violet (duller than RHS N87A) with violet (duller than N81A) central bar when fully open; outer side is blue violet (closest to RHS 86B) with light blue violet (closest to RHS 84C-D) central bar; weak to medium undulation of margin, no twisting along longitudinal axis, no petaloid staminodes
STAMEN: purple filament, pink anther
STIGMA: white
STYLE: white

Origin & Breeding History: 'Evipo042' originated from a controlled cross conducted by the breeder, Raymond J. Evison, at Domarie Vineries, Les Sauvagées, St. Sampsons, Guernsey in the spring of 1995 between two unnamed seedlings. The resulting seed was germinated in January 1996 and the seedlings were evaluated under controlled conditions. This variety was selected based on its very compact growth habit suitable for small containers, purple flowers, early flowering habit and increased number of flower buds. 'Evipo042' has since been asexually propagated from vegetative cuttings.

Tests & Trials: The comparative trial for 'Evipo042' was conducted in an outdoor container trial during the spring of 2014 at BioFlora Inc. in St. Thomas, Ontario. The trial included 8 plants of the candidate variety and 6 plants of the reference variety. All plants were received in 4.4 liter containers on April 3, 2014. Observations and measurements were taken from 8 plants of the candidate variety and 6 plants of the reference variety or 10 parts of plants of each variety on June 23, 2014. All colour determinations were made using the 2007 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart.

Comparison tables for 'Evipo042' with reference variety 'Evipo024'

Flower diameter (cm)

Sepal length (cm)

Sepal width (cm)

Main colour of inner side of sepal (RHS)

Secondary colour of inner side of sepal (RHS)

Colour of outer side of sepal (RHS)

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Clematis: 'Evipo042' (left) with reference variety 'Evipo024' (right)

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Clematis: 'Evipo042' (left) with reference variety 'Evipo024' (right)

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Clematis: 'Evipo042' (left) with reference variety 'Evipo024' (right)